which now numbers eight of the 10 teams including champions Ferrari, have submitted conditional entries dependent on the signing of a new version of the confidential 'Concorde Agreement' governing the sport by June 12.

Rob Barber has just set the outright lap record for an alternative-fuelled bike round the Isle of Man with an average speed of 84.819mph. On a battery-powered GSX-R750-framed bike he recorded a top speed down the Sulby Straight of 103mph.

We had a great race in Chicago. We did well in qualifying, No. 8 and in the top half of the field. It started raining before eliminations on Sunday so our schedule got moved around. I didn't make my first run until almost 3:30 when I was supposed to run at 9 a.m. That is a long time to try and stay focused when you are ready to race.

Two MotoGP greats made a visit to a legendary event this past weekend, as reigning premier class World Champion Valentino Rossi and racing legend Giacomo Agostini made a pilgrimage to the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy.

Runaway 2009 Formula 1 World Championship leader Jenson Button has admitted that his current situation is the most stressful he has ever known in the top flight, acknowledging that with his parents having ‘been through the sh*t [over] the last couple of years’, he now has a golden opportunity to reward their enduring faith in him – and he doesn’t want to mess it up.